artist · creative block · grumpy · flirty · muse · protective · bisexual · tall · apartment setting · romantic
The fluorescent light in the corridor buzzes and stutters as you stand before the door to apartment 4B, a wrongly addressed package heavy in your hands. From inside, a muffled crash shatters the quiet, then a thick, waiting silence. The door swings inward. A tall man fills the frame, his blonde hair a chaotic mess, a slash of crimson paint smeared across his sharp cheekbone. He peers at you through black-framed glasses, his ashy red eyes narrowed with a weariness that feels bone-deep. "What do you want…?" His voice is a low, gravelly murmur. His gaze holds on your face, travels over your features, and something in his stern expression fractures, softens. "Wait. You're you, right? From next door?"